MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F042.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 42 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.18,-94.12 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 SFC 965 400 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 225 8 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.7 14.67 2 950 535 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 222 14 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.5 14.24 3 900 999 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 227 26 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.61 4 850 1487 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 232 31 302.2 304.4 293.8 338.0 12.09 5 800 2000 12.7 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 231 27 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.76 6 750 2539 9.2 7.1 87 2.1 8.0 227 29 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.3 8.49 7 700 3110 7.6 -3.4 46 11.0 2.1 238 35 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.2 4.24 8 650 3714 2.0 -6.5 53 8.5 -1.9 249 41 311.2 311.9 289.6 322.7 3.61 9 600 4354 -3.2 -7.5 72 4.3 -5.1 251 45 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.9 3.61 10 550 5037 -7.1 -10.3 78 3.1 -8.4 249 46 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.9 3.18 11 500 5775 -11.7 -14.4 80 2.7 -12.6 248 47 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.1 2.51 12 450 6573 -16.9 -20.4 74 3.5 -17.9 247 46 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.67 13 400 7446 -22.9 -33.7 37 10.8 -24.8 245 51 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.55 14 350 8410 -30.1 -40.2 37 10.1 -31.3 242 58 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.4 0.33 15 300 9488 -38.4 -44.4 53 6.0 -38.9 246 72 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.24 16 250 10714 -48.3 -50.2 81 1.9 -48.4 249 86 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.15 17 200 12153 -54.4 -71.5 10 17.1 -54.6 251 90 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13975 -60.6 -82.7 4 22.1 -60.8 259 77 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16435 -68.9 -87.3 5 18.5 -68.9 254 41 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.18 m Freezing level: 630.78 mb = 3960.28 m = 12992.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.28 mb = 3427.40 m = 11244.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.39 mb = 531.01 m = 1742.15 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1013.68 m = 3325.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.38 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1086.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.24 mb = 920.57 m = 3020.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.24 mb = 2176.83 m = 7141.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.24 mb = 2954.94 m = 9694.57 ft B at Equ Level: 28.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.24 mb = 14254.77 m = 46767.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.6 neg: -20.5 tot: 186.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 17.71 Bulk Shear: 61.34 m/s